Morelia climate

Name: Morelia
Address: MX

Morelia is warmest in April, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.7 °C. July is the wettest month (133 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Morelia averages 696 mm of rain and 112 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 743,275 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 28 °C
Coldest month January 8.7 °C
Driest month December 11 mm
Wettest month July 133 mm
Least cloud March 30 % cloud
Hottest on record May 35 °C
Coldest on record December 0.9 °C

What to expectMorelia through the year

Morelia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 28 °C in April, a swing of 5.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 112 days a year reach 25 °C, 16 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 133 mm against 11 mm in December — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.0 °C	18 mm	39 %
February	24.1 °C	20 mm	32 %
March	26.3 °C	15 mm	30 %
April	28.2 °C	16 mm	38 %
May	28.0 °C	52 mm	45 %
June	25.0 °C	116 mm	69 %
July	23.0 °C	133 mm	78 %
August	23.0 °C	118 mm	78 %
September	22.6 °C	120 mm	80 %
October	22.9 °C	54 mm	62 %
November	22.6 °C	23 mm	42 %
December	22.2 °C	11 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.0 °C	8.7 °C	14.7 °C	26.6 °C	1.1 °C	1	0
February	24.1 °C	9.5 °C	16.1 °C	30.4 °C	2.5 °C	11	0
March	26.3 °C	10.9 °C	18.0 °C	31.4 °C	4.0 °C	23	1
April	28.2 °C	12.8 °C	20.1 °C	32.4 °C	6.1 °C	27	5
May	28.0 °C	14.3 °C	20.6 °C	34.7 °C	8.7 °C	26	7
June	25.0 °C	14.9 °C	19.3 °C	33.3 °C	11.1 °C	12	2
July	23.0 °C	14.1 °C	17.9 °C	27.3 °C	11.5 °C	2	0
August	23.0 °C	14.2 °C	17.9 °C	27.3 °C	10.4 °C	2	0
September	22.6 °C	13.9 °C	17.6 °C	26.7 °C	9.4 °C	1	0
October	22.9 °C	12.5 °C	17.1 °C	27.6 °C	5.1 °C	4	0
November	22.6 °C	10.6 °C	16.1 °C	27.9 °C	3.1 °C	2	0
December	22.2 °C	9.3 °C	15.2 °C	26.3 °C	0.9 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	18 mm	3	11 h/day	39 %	60 %	11 km/h
February	20 mm	3	11 h/day	32 %	56 %	12 km/h
March	15 mm	3	12 h/day	30 %	49 %	13 km/h
April	16 mm	4	13 h/day	38 %	45 %	13 km/h
May	52 mm	10	13 h/day	45 %	55 %	12 km/h
June	116 mm	19	13 h/day	69 %	74 %	11 km/h
July	133 mm	23	13 h/day	78 %	82 %	9.0 km/h
August	118 mm	21	13 h/day	78 %	82 %	9.2 km/h
September	120 mm	20	12 h/day	80 %	83 %	9.6 km/h
October	54 mm	10	12 h/day	62 %	76 %	10 km/h
November	23 mm	4	11 h/day	42 %	69 %	9.8 km/h
December	11 mm	2	11 h/day	39 %	63 %	10 km/h

How Morelia compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Morelia	28 °C	8.7 °C	696 mm	112
Salamanca · Mexico	32 °C	8.8 °C	685 mm	264
Uruapan · Mexico	28 °C	10.0 °C	1,719 mm	163
Celaya · Mexico	30 °C	8.0 °C	642 mm	222
Irapuato · Mexico	31 °C	8.6 °C	646 mm	256
Zamora de Hidalgo · Mexico	32 °C	9.1 °C	1,105 mm	269
Santiago de Querétaro · Mexico	30 °C	8.3 °C	628 mm	205

Where Morelia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in February	11th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in North America in December	13th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in North America in January	15th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in North America in March	21st of 50	91/100
The coolest places in North America in August	21st of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in North America in July	22nd of 50	23 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Morelia.

QuestionsCommon questions about Morelia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Morelia?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, June sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Morelia get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 16 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Morelia?

July, averaging 133 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 696 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Morelia rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 19.701°, -101.184° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.